Relative newcomer to serious home networking here, looking for a little input about what I actually need to achieve my goals. I've seen guides including other VLANs -- VPN vs clearnet, management, etc ...

At home I generally set all switches with a native VLAN of the main LAN and tagged to the guest LAN. I know this is probably not optimal, but I'm wondering how bad it really is? I get that it probably ...

Have you been told that VLANs are the ultimate solution to your network woes? That they’ll magically secure your infrastructure, eliminate complexity, and solve all your traffic management headaches?